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The Shanghai Gesture

Dec 25, 1941 | IMDB 6.3

99 min Watch Now

Drama

A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.

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Victor Mature, Ona Munson, Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Phyllis Brooks, Albert Bassermann, Maria Ouspenskaya, Eric Blore, Ivan Lebedeff, Mike Mazurki

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